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There was a girl in my high school who really messed up her freshmen year - partied too much and flunked every class, pretty much no way back for her. So she tr
by zxcvbn4038 5y ago
There was a girl in my high school who really messed up her freshmen year - partied too much and flunked every class, pretty much no way back for her. So she transferred schools to another county and re-enrolled as a freshmen. But before she left she purposefully incurred a five cent library fine. The school refused to send her transcripts anywhere until she paid it. Clever girl.
- gruez 5y agoI don't get it. 1. AFAIK colleges can't send transcripts to people without your permission, so it's unclear what she's trying to prevent. 2. If she's trying to get a job and the place she's applying to cares about GPA, then chances are they're not going to accept the "I can't get a transcript because I didn't pay a 5 cent fine" excuse. If anything people would consider it a red flag. What type of a responsible adult can't pay a 5 cent fine? 3. similar applies to applying for graduate school, except that they're probably even more strict about transcripts.
- jjjjoe 5y agoThe new high (secondary) school treated her like a new student, not one with a year of comically poor performance. This isn't about college or university; it's about the last few years of compulsory education, which often set the direction of one's life.
- defen 5y agoThis sounds suspiciously like the "overpay your traffic ticket by a dollar and then don't cash the refund check so the transaction never closes and you don't get points on your license" urban legend.